MS embraces Agile methods
Not too surprised on this, but Microsoft embraces Agile now. I would be interested to hear from insiders if this started as a sort of grassroots movement, as I've experienced and others have described. Some would suggest that is the best way for it to truly take hold vs. being perceived by the troops as just another management fad.
This quote tells me at least someone there gets it:
Yet, "one thing we find is that you can't excessively mandate software development processes on a broad scale," Treadwell said."It's most important to mandate levels of quality. You have to give teams some flexibility to achieve those results as is most effective for those teams."